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Originally Posted by teh603
Seems par for the course for megacorp negotiation tactics. I've seen Wal-Mart do the exact same thing to its suppliers; give a contract, then start changing the contract out from under them.
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Generally within the terms of the contract, though. It's not like Wal-Mart or Amazon has been
breaking contracts, so much as exercising the terms of certain clauses allowing either party to either exit the contract under specific conditions or playing competing vendors against each-other for most-favored status.
For example... Suppose Wal-Mart had a contract with Murray for gasoline push lawnmowers... as long as Murray provided an exclusive model to Wal-Mart at a specific price, Wal-Mart would feature that Murray model in any gasoline push lawnmower ads. Now Honda comes along hungry for a deal, which Murray refuses to match. So Wal-Mart gets Honda to provide a gasoline-powered self-propelled mower for a
really aggressive price. Suddenly there
are no ads featuring the Murray model... not precisely because Wal-Mart broke the contract, but because it didn't apply to self-propelled mowers, and Wal-Mart is de-prioritizing push mowers due to the deal.
I suspect M-Edge ran into the same thing. Carefully, legally-tight, contracts that gave them a
limited-time advantage, at a cost. It's not like Amazon is really bullying
them; their competitors are. Amazon is more likely simply playing the vendors against each-other for the best terms.
Not that I have any inside knowledge; I don't. But I do have experience with the big dawgs in the business world, including as an Amazon vendor.
